Pakke, Arunachal Pradesh: A 13 ft long python drifting in the flood waters on the east bank of the Pakke river was rescued on Saturday. It was administered saline by the WTI veterinarian at CBRC to stabilize it and then released on the west bank near the Pakke tiger reserve. Read more »
Indian Wildlife Trade Kingpin Sentenced to Five Years
Ajmer: The law has finally caught up with the kingpin of Indian wildlife traders, Sansar Chand, who was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment, by a court in Ajmer in the western state of Rajasthan. Read more »
Mass exodus of animals in Kaziranga to higher grounds
Kaziranga : Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a World Heritage Site and home to approximately 1500 of the estimated total population of 2000 Greater one-horned rhinos is once again in the grip of floods. Just two days into the first reports of the floods have seen five animals killed in road […] Read more »
Life Sized Whale Shark Model draws crowds on Gujarat coast
Rupen (on the Gujarat coast ):In a first of its kind for a wildlife campaign in India, a life-sized model of a whale shark was inflated in this small fishing village drawing huge crowds that watched a street play on the protection of the world’s largest fish with rapt attention. Read more »
New Delhi: Those of you who have read Mr. B.K. Sharma’s article in Sanctuary Asia, April 2004 would agree that he has extensively covered current and past problems relating to wildlife crime in India . He has traced well the overall scenario, the laws relating to wildlife crime and the […] Read more »
Flash floods wash away parts of Manas National Park
Barpeta Road: Flash floods carrying trees and huge amounts of silt washed away parts of the Manas National Park in India’s north eastern Assam state, killing a large number of deer, the director of the park, Mr Abhijit Rabha, said today. There are no immediate reports of human or other […] Read more »
Itanagar: The Nyshis, a fiercely traditional tribe in north east India , with their open mind and willingness to adapt have proved to be a reprieve for the magnificent but fast vanishing species of the hornbill. Read more »
Rhino infant rescued from Kaziranga floods
Kaziranga : A four-month-old female rhino calf was rescued from the surging flood waters in the Kaziranga national Park yesterday. The calf, which was badly injured, was brought to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) and is now under intensive care. This is the fifth rhino infant being […] Read more »
Rushikulya (on the Orissa coast): Each year between the months of March and May, around a hundred thousand female Olive Ridley sea turtles converge to the Rushikulya rookery to lay eggs on the coast of the eastern state of Orissa in India. Only a few thousand hatchlings survive the journey […] Read more »
Rescued Female Elephant Calf at CWRC
Kaziranga: A two-year-old wild elephant calf found wandering near a village in Lakhimpur division of the north-eastern Assam state was rescued and sent to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga. This increases the number of elephant calves at CWRC, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust […] Read more »
